Transportation by RER Train or Car to the Château, Estate, & ParkGetting to Versailles with its palace (chateau) and formal gardens is easy from Paris by bus tour, RER train C5, or by car for a great day trip to a top sight in France.The palace of Versailles is arguably the best-known chateau in France. Getting to Versailles from downtown Paris is easy by tour … [Read more...]

Cheap Sightseeing and Monument Tickets in Paris, France
The Paris Museum Pass gives huge discounts and savings on tickets to sights, monuments, palaces, and galleries including the Louvre, D'Orsay, Pompidou, and Versailles.Paris has some of the greatest museums and art galleries in the world. The Paris Museum Pass gives unlimited access to most permanent collections to … [Read more...]

On summer weekends, visitors to the Chateau de Versailles can enjoy the historic fountains at play in the formal gardens of the palace near Paris.On most summer weekends, a musical fountains show (Grandes Eaux Musicales) allows visitors to the Palace of Versailles to enjoy the historical fountains at play. The gardens with fountains designed by André Le Nôtre for Sun … [Read more...]

The musical fountain show (Grandes eaux musicales) presents the gardens of the Palace of Versailles at their best on summer weekends. The best time to visit is early morning for the chateau but afternoon for the gardens.The formal baroque gardens of the Palace of Versailles near Paris are at their most spectacular on summer weekends when the fountains are allowed to … [Read more...]

Park & Château Opening Hours, Ticket Prices, and Savings Passes
The Palace of Versailles with its chateau and gardens is a popular day-trip from Paris: Opening hours are long while discount passes allow for saving on ticket prices.The Estate of Versailles with its famous château (palace), orangerie, and formal Baroque gardens and park is a popular day trip from … [Read more...]

Top Savings at La Vallée Village Outlet Shopping Mall at Disneyland, France
Cheap prices and big discounts on the best brand-name clothes are the top attractions of shopping at La Vallée Village outlet mall near Disneyland Paris in France.photo credit: David Boyle in DCLa Vallée Village outlet mall is within easy reach from central Paris and only minutes away from … [Read more...]

Getting to Château de Chambord is easiest by car but buses and especially day-trip excursions to various chateaux in the Loire valley are also available.Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire region of France. As a hunting lodge, Chambord was in a forest and as this forest mostly survived as a nature reserve, Chambord remains somewhat isolated from major … [Read more...]

The Renaissance Château de Villandry is mostly visited for its magnificent ornamental gardens – famously using vegetables for colorful formal displays.Renaissance Château de Villandry near Tours in the Loire Valley is famous for its exceptional formal gardens. The ornamental kitchen garden of Villandry, where vegetables are planted to form a magnificently colorful … [Read more...]

Royal Chambord Castle is the largest and one of the most popular Renaissance chateaux to see on day trips in the Loire Valley in France.Originally intended as a hunting lodge for the royal court, Chateau de Chambord ballooned into the largest chateau in the Loire Valley. This Renaissance chateau is instantly recognizable by its busy roofline that resembles the skyline … [Read more...]

Chateau de Chambord was built by Francis I as a royal hunting lodge but became the largest Renaissance castle in the Loire Valley.The royal hunting lodge Chateau de Chambord was started in 1519 by the Valois King Francis I. It was favored by kings fond of hunting such as Henry II and Louis XIV. Although never fully completed, Chambord is still the largest chateau in the … [Read more...]

Chambord Castle is the largest Renaissance chateau in the Loire. Its interior is worth seeing with marvelous architecture and a few furnished rooms.Château de Chambord is the largest of the Loire castles that were the center of political power in sixteenth-century France. Visitors can see around a hundred of the 426 rooms of the castle spread over three floors. The free … [Read more...]

Chambord Castle has long opening hours and free admission for young visitors and children. Restaurants are unexcited but picnicking is allowed.Château de Chambord is open throughout the year with long opening hours. Tickets are sold at the castle itself with reservations only possible for some of the guided tours. The shear size of the chateau makes visiting pleasant … [Read more...]

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